Browsing by Author "D'Andrea, David M."
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Delayed obsolescence: The horse in European and American warfare from the Crimean war to the Second World War
Medlock, Chelsea A. (Oklahoma State University, 2009-07-01)The industrial revolution and the rapid advancement of technology that it fostered created a swift decline in the employment of horses in warfare. Beginning during the Crimean War, the employment of recent technological ... -
"Free to Beg Or to Fight" Thomas Jefferson and Relations with Barbary, 1785-1805
Manis Ii, Brett A. (Oklahoma State University, 2013-07-01)Thomas Jefferson, with great consistency, supported American action against the threat of the Barbary pirates. His peers and the great powers of Europe during this time advocated continuing the established tradition of ... -
Old Right and its influence on the development of modern American conservatism
Skaggs, Jonathan Houck (2014-07)In November of 1955, William F. Buckley published the first issue of National Review. His journal defined modern American conservatism as a mix of anti-Marxism, tradition, and a belief in limited government. These three ... -
Rewritten to aftertimes : Adaptations of John Milton's poetry, 1674-1767
Rodrigue, John Luke (2013-05)Post-Romantic Milton criticism often sees a dichotomy in the poet's thought. On the one hand, he is considered a champion of modern values, such as the freedom of worship and the freedom of speech, and a strong proponent ... -
Self-evident lie: Southern slavery and the erosion of American freedom
Tewell, Jeremy J. (2010-05)Scope and Method of Study: The thesis of this dissertation is that northerners feared slavery, in part, because the rationales for black slavery were inherently subjective and therefore posed a threat to the liberty of all ...